This year's biggest RTS hit has ended its honeymoon. Broken Arrow is plagued by Chinese cheaters, and ratings are going down
Broken Arrow is facing a wave of negative reviews, much of which is coming from China. Players are also complaining about the scourge of cheaters.
Broken Arrow is one of the most important RTS games of the year, as evidenced by its impressive pre-global release activity. The game also received a positive reception. However, today, a month after its launch, the title no longer arouses such warm emotions.
Negative reviews from China and a plague of cheaters
The latest creation of Steel Balalaika studio has been rated on Steam by over 16,000 people. Right now, 65% of the reviews for Broken Arrow are positive, which results in "mixed" ratings. For comparison, during the paid early access period, it was 72%. The difference is not huge, but the decline is noticeable - something that players on Reddit also pointed out.
The number of negative reviews has sharply increased in recent days.Many of them are from China, apparently because one of the local streamers and his friends were banned for allegedly cheating in the game. Chinese players accuse the devs of allowing them to be harassed by Western users, who allegedly abuse the reporting system.
Regardless of whether the ban was justified, many people indeed show aversion towards Chinese players, accusing them of toxic behavior and frequent use of cheats.
Cheaters seem to be the biggest scourge of Broken Arrow, after all. In English negative reviews, the most common complaint is about the ineffective anti-cheat system. Players say that this is especially frustrating in ranked matches at higher ranks, where cheaters can wipe out all units with a single hit.
Steel Balalaika is aware of this problem, as evidenced by a June post on Steam. We can only hope that the developers will quickly deal with this problem, or at least limit it to the extent that cheaters become a rarity in Broken Arrow.
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Author: Martin Bukowski
Graduate of Electronics and Telecommunications at the Gdańsk University of Technology, who decided to dedicate his life to video games. In his childhood, he would get lost in the Gothic's Valley of Mines and "grind for gold" in League of Legends. Twenty years later, games still entertain him just as much. Today, he considers the Persona series and soulslike titles from From Software as his favorite games. He avoids consoles, and a special place in his heart is reserved for PC. In his spare time, he works as a translator, is creating his first game, or spends time watching movies and series (mainly animated ones).
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